CVEvulnerability
CVE-2013-4397
6.8 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2013-10-17
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-189
Description
Multiple integer overflows in the th_read function in lib/block.c in libtar before 1.2.20 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long (1) name or (2) link in an archive, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Affected configurations
• redhat enterprise linux 6.0
• feep libtar (<= 1.2.19)
• feep libtar 1.2.11
• feep libtar 1.2.13
• feep libtar 1.2.14
• feep libtar 1.2.15
• feep libtar 1.2.16
• feep libtar 1.2.17
• feep libtar 1.2.18
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://repo.or.cz/w/libtar.git/commitdiff/45448e8bae671c2f7e80b860ae0fc0cedf2bdc04 Exploit, Patch
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1418.html Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55188 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55253 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2817 www.debian.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/10/4 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/10/6 www.openwall.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62922 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029166 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040106 www.securitytracker.com
- https://lists.feep.net:8080/pipermail/libtar/2013-October/000361.html lists.feep.net:8080
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-01-01 source.android.com
- http://repo.or.cz/w/libtar.git/commitdiff/45448e8bae671c2f7e80b860ae0fc0cedf2bdc04 Exploit, Patch
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1418.html Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55188 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55253 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2817 www.debian.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/10/4 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/10/6 www.openwall.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62922 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029166 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040106 www.securitytracker.com
- https://lists.feep.net:8080/pipermail/libtar/2013-October/000361.html lists.feep.net:8080
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-01-01 source.android.com